Bellegarde, Gard, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime
4/10 in France · 7/10 in the world
Compared with 33614 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 1255 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).
Weighted crime: 16,223 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by SSMSI (Ministère de l'Intérieur) (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | |||
| Sexual violence | 13 | 161.8 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 42 | 522.7 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 24 | 298.7 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 40 | 497.8 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 24 | 298.7 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 12 | 149.3 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 11 | 136.9 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 24 | 298.7 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 15 | 186.7 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | not published | - | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 59 | 734.3 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 57 | 709.4 | 651.7 |
| Counts victims, in the commune where the victim lives, not where the fraud happened. | |||
Source: SSMSI (Ministère de l'Intérieur), updated 28 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Sexual offences | 13 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 66 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 111 |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 59 |
| Other | 57 |
Questions about crime in Bellegarde
- Is Bellegarde safe?
- Bellegarde: Safety 4 out of 10 (Above average crime). Compared with 33614 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 1255 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).
- What is the crime rate in Bellegarde?
- Bellegarde: Weighted crime: 16,223 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 5.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 1/10
- Health: 4/10
- Supermarkets: 7/10
Nearest places
- School: Collège Federico Garcia Lorca 320 m
- School: École primaire Henri Serment 370 m
- School: École élémentaire Baptisto Bonnet 1.6 km
- School: École maternelle Philippe Lamour 1.6 km
- School: École primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc 1.7 km
- Doctor or clinic: Durand Robinson Béatrice 7.8 km
- A&E: Polyclinique du Grand Sud 13.7 km
- Supermarket: Carrefour Market 1.5 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 5.9 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Garons 7/10
- Manduel 2/10
- Bouillargues 5/10
- Beaucaire 3/10
- Saint-Gilles 4/10
- Marguerittes 2/10
- Beauvoisin 10/10
- Nîmes 2/10
Mayors of Bellegarde since 2014
Bellegarde: Other left. Département president: Françoise Laurent-Perrigot (Other left)
Juan MARTINEZ · Other left
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Juan MARTINEZ · Other
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Bellegarde ▲ +31% · France ▲ +5%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Juan MARTINEZ · Other left
March 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Bellegarde ▼ −26% · France 0%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Maires: Répertoire national des élus and Ministère de l'Intérieur election results. Crime: SSMSI. Licence Ouverte v2.0. Maires 2014: Ministère de l'Intérieur via IdeesLibres (ODbL).
